India-China council to launch Gujarat chapter

AHMEDABAD: The India China Economic and Cultural Council (ICEC) will launch its Gujarat chapter in Ahmedabad on August 26. Zhang Yan, Chinese ambassador to India, will visit the city for the launch, said Jagat Shah, chairman of Gujarat chapter of ICEC. This will be ICEC's eighth office after it was set up in 1997. It has eight full-fledged offices in Delhi, Beijing, Mumbai, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Nantong.

This will be Yan's first visit to Ahmedabad and he is expected to stay in the city for two days. ICEC already has an information outlet in Ahmedabad. "He (Yan) will meet chief minister Narendra Modi on August 26. Later in he will participate in tree plantation activities followed by the ICEC launch that evening. He will be on a tribal development visit on August 27," added Shah.